The trustees of a historic chest tomb were concerned about the state of thetomb and wished to carry out restoration work. The tomb has a fantasticarray of lichens growing on it and The British Lichen Society carried out asurvey of the churchyard and tomb, giving advice on the lichens and whatworks would be possible without damaging them. Through planning in advanceit was possible to both preserve the lichens and also conserve the monument - a win:win situation.

Discoed Wall Case Study; St Michael's, Discoed, Powys

St Michaels had 2 lime mortared walls which were falling down. We did a site visit. Both walls were not too high or by a road, so we felt they were appropriate for us to run a training course on. By doing this local volunteers receive training for free and the church gets the wall repaired for a fraction of the cost of using a contractor’.

Recording Monuments; St Teilo's, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire

The churchyard of St Teilo in Llandeilo is divided in two by an A road, leaving half of it overgrown with unrecorded monuments. Volunteers have learnt how to follow recording guidelines and use a proforma and the entire site is now recorded.